fictional

Adjective

fictional (comparative more fictional, superlative most fictional)

1. Invented, as opposed to real.
   • Near-synonyms: fictitious, fake
   • Romeo and Juliet are fictional characters.

   Synonyms:

   imaginary, imagined, fictitious, fake

2. Containing invented elements.
   • The Simpsons is a fictional television show.
   • Including both factual and fictional books would have reduced the value of the study; it would have made the content too heterogeneous for the drawing of significant conclusions.1956, Barbara Anne Monroe, An Investigation of Fictional Books for Children which Deal with the American Indian in the United States
3. Occurring in fiction.
   • Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t'...1957 May, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 350
4. Concerning fiction (as a genre or medium): having to do with fiction; specific to fiction.
   • fictional and nonfictional conventions
   • fictional conventions

   Synonyms:

   fiction